Patrick
O'Brien provides the forward to this edition of the most successful Conway
Maritime title. This book is the perfect guide to Nelson’s Navy for all those
with an interest in the workings of the great fleet. The book is eminently
readable and is the first single-volume work to cover in such depth this vast
and complex subject. Written by one of the world’s leading authorities on the
sailing navy the book contains considerable original research to give a clear
and authentic picture of the Senior Service as a whole. With a foreword by
one of the most successful maritime fiction authors of the current age, the
book is also of interest to all those with enthusiasm for the literature
based on the Nelsonic-era.